Reverence
Reverence , noun
[French révérence, Latin reverentia. See Reverent.]
1.
Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence.
Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear.
When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost.
Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted “respect” “honor”, without awe or fear.
2.
The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.
Make twenty reverences upon receiving... about twopence.
And each of them doeth all his diligence
To do unto the feast reverence.
3.
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
I am forced to lay my reverence by.
4.
A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father. — Shakespeare
Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. “Sir reverence.”
Now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence.
Reverence , transitive verb
To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.
Let... the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise.